Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sergeant Troy


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The result was   delete. WP:SNOW  MBisanz  talk 03:43, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Sergeant Troy

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 * Delete - Started with a promising template, but got worse when information was added. This article is going nowhere fast. Digital Mischief 06:37, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article about a 14-year-old rapper sourced only to non-reliable sources such as MySpace and YouTube. The claim that "he was also the first artist to have a article in the Billboard magazine as a Indie Artist" is doubly implausible; I can't find any evidence that he has ever been mentioned in Billboard magazine or on its web site, and Billboard was probably covering indie artists before the subject's grandparents were born. No clear indication that he satisfies any of the WP:MUSIC criteria. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:47, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * How is "and Billboard was probably covering indie artists before the subject's grandparents were born." relevant to the discussion? - Mgm|(talk) 15:51, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that was a reference to the article, which stated at one point that Sergeant Troy (at 14) was the first Indie artist ever interviewed in Billboard magazine. It seemed like a mild funny. --OliverTwisted (talk) 16:00, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Right. The article still does say, In September 2008, he wrote his hit single "Slide (Sergeant Troy)" he was also the first artist to have a article in the Billboard magazine as a Indie Artist.citation needed I can't find any evidence that there was an article about him in Billboard, and I also suspect that Billboard has written articles about numerous other indie artists over the years. The magazine is over 100 years old, after all, and has been focused on music coverage since the 1930s. Admittedly, I don't know when Troy's grandparents were born so I can't literally confirm that statement. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 20:09, 14 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.   -- Undead Warrior (talk) 07:14, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - when your personal websites are your primary sources, you don't have the foundations for notability, nor for an objective view of the subject. - Richard Cavell (talk) 10:29, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete for excessive use of primary sources and notability concerns. Alexius08 (talk) 12:29, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. No third party notability whatsoever. Pretentious notability with primary sources and fake Commons link. Could we db-band this?. LeaveSleaves talk 14:17, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: There are many sources in the article, but none of them show notability. Fails WP:MUSIC. Schuy m 1  ( talk ) 16:54, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:06, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   -- the wub  "?!"  12:56, 15 December 2008 (UTC)


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